Saturday, February 03, 2007

I will take the easy way out again today and quote someone else's ideas, though this source is pretty impeccable. Can you guess who wrote this?

"In its theology of the history of religions, Christianity does not simply take the side of the religious person, take the side of the conservative who keeps to the rules of play in his inherited institution; the Christian rejection of the gods signifies much rather a choice to be on the side of the rebel, who for the sake of his conscience dares to break free from what is accustomed: this revolutionary trait in Christianity has perhaps far too long been hidden beneath various conservative models."

(N.B. the context here is whether it is better to allow each person to keep his or her own inherited religion; but the strength of the language, in my opinion, can be transferred to the Christian who makes an idol of inherited forms)

I will post the answer tomorrow. But let's have some guesses from the crowd!

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If I, who seem to be your right hand and am called Presbyter and seem topreach the Word of God, If I do something against the discipline of the Churchand the Rule of the Gospel so that I become a scandal to you, The Church, thenmay the whole Church, in unanimous resolve, cut me, its right hand, off, andthrow me away.

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The Roman Catholic Monastery of the Holy Cross was founded in 1989 and became a Benedictine house of the Subiaco Congregation in 2000. We follow a traditional contemplative life, chanting Psalms seven times a day and singing Gregorian chant at the Eucharist. We do this in a distinctive way by living our monastic life on the South Side of Chicago. Prior Peter, the author of this blog, was appointed Prior in August of 2004.